The Santa Stakeout (2021 TV Movie)
4/10
What?
29 October 2021
Not sure what everyone was raving about. This was a terrible Christmas movie and missing what we come to the Hallmark channel for - romance. This was a buddy cop movie with a couple kisses tossed in. There was very little chemistry with the leads, and that was disappointing, as they are two of my favorites. I was really trying to like this, but there was no relationship development. The mystery probably saved the movie. This really felt like it dragged and hung on to the initial animosity between the leads for far too long into the picture. To have a declaration of a "permanent partner" after this one case and a few days together was too over the top, even for Hallmark.

Just seemed the declaration of permanence came out of nowhere after all the running around and detective work - I miss watching a relationship build and romance between the leads bloom. The movies this year have deteriorated into "pandemic movies" - very little interaction, no physical closeness, no cuddling, and one, possibly two, awkward, peck-like kisses and movie over. I miss characters strolling along, holding hands a bit, watching each other from across the room, cuddling in front of a fire - things that look like a real romance, not just the words at the last five minutes. So far Hallmark has been disappointing this season....
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